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The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], Sketches of "captured rebel Generals." (search)
He after wards filled the post of Secretary of War.--On the annexation of Texas to the United States, Johnston raised a partisan troop, which he commanded, and accompanied General Taylor to Monterey. At the close of the Mexican war he returned to his plantation but, being in embarrassed circumstances, was glad to accept from the United State the post of paymaster, which was generously bestowed upon him by the Government. Under Pierce, Mr. Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War, made Johnston Colonel of the Second Cavalry, and he subsequently received the command of the Southwestern Military district. At the outbreak of the war with Gash he was chosen, over many more skilled officers, to command the condition which crossed the Plains. He continued to all that post — bring in fact dictator in the country, which he occupied — on the rebellion took place when he traitorously a boarded his flag. He is believed to have made energetic attempts to induce California and Oregon to join t